Re-designing the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Approach for Academic Writing Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify learning requirements, objective condition, and learning design of academic writing based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) approach which took in Language and Arts Faculty in Jakarta State University. It used qualitative, quantitative approach and ground method with the procedure includes conducting initial research (pre-development), designing academic writing learning design, examining and revising the result of academic writing learning design and effectiveness examination. The result showed that the requirements of academic writing learning indicate a gap between student’s requirement and learning situation. Afterward, the researcher also conducted the second research to resolve the condition. The second research was learning tools development in the form of semester lecture program plan, unit learning plan and teaching material description. After conducting the effectiveness examination, it was proven that academic writing learning based in HOTS is effective. Thus, the result of this study was recommended for academic writing process in university.

Exploring the Impact of Process-genre Approach on Learners’ Academic Writing and Higher Order Thinking Skills

“…This is focused on the idea that students would go beyond their comprehension of certain content to apply their critical reasoning as well (Singh et al, 2020). The learning of writing process also supports students' desire to think critically and creatively differently (Lustyantie et al, 2019). This means In general, this finding proved that the process-genre approach gave positive impact on improvement of students' writing ability and HOTs.…”

“…The study of the instructor's perspective states that they have used various strategies that can help learners increase HOTs through real-life situations and problem-solving skills (Singh et al, 2020). Research & development in learning to write by integrating HOTs was also carried out by several researchers to create valid, practical, and effective learning products in the form of syllabus, modules, and textbooks (Lustyantie et al, 2019;. Besides, another study revealed that HOTs questions were able to improve the descriptive text writing skills of grade 8 junior high school students (Sianturi et al, 2020).…”